Tuesday, 2 September 2014

Monthly Recap: August

I can't even sum up this month in words. This about sums it up:

It's funny because it's true.

August

I read 8 books.I bought 14 books.

My spending in July was a little crazy when it came to books. I bought 14, but I didn't include the books I was bought by others and the ones I won. That pushes it past 20. Then I only read 8 books. That surprises me because I did feel like I had read a lot more than that. My problem has been that I have worked almost every single day in August, only 5 days off and those weren't spent reading. So, actually, I think I should be proud of the fact that I managed to read 8 books, do 61 hours extra time, keep up with blog posts and comments and even schedule a few posts ahead.

I managed to post 9 reviews in August, which I am pretty pleased with. I had a really big mix, some I really loved and then ones I absolutely hated. The Jewel was the biggest disappointment because it started off so strong and then went really down hill with the introduction of insta-love.

Whoa, you had a crazy busy month!! Good for you for fitting some reading time in and having fun too. It can be hard to balance sometimes :) I'm so stoked to read Trial by Fire! I'm not going to read Jewel. Heard too many bad things, and I wasn't too interested in it to begin with. Great job othe series challenge too!

Bahaha! That Hunger Games with cats was hilarious and cute!! XD Did they stick the cats heads through holes in the cardboard there? Hehe. xD

Anyway, I've missed a lot of your posts because I've been a) away and b) quite slack reading blogs lately. *sigh* I read 14 books this month. Which isn't bad, but it feels kind of slack when I read 20+ last month! STILL. Whatever works. I was very bad at posting reviews. ;) So you did good! I've just got The Jewel for review and ohhhh, SO worried now! Insta-love kind of annoys me, just because I feel like it's cheating and not bothering to develop either character well. But we'll see. Maaaaybe I might like it?! *whispers* I also have Trial By Fire because you liked it so much so WHY NOT. I'm so excited for that one! ^-^

I think they might have. Or they did it once on like a green screen and then put the heads over the cardboard pics. I can't quite work it out.

I've been a little slack on reading blogs too. Not on purpose, I have just been working so much and haven't really had the time. Finally commented and visited people back today and it's taken up my WHOLE afternoon off.

They definitely don't really bother to develop either character. I never feel like I properly got to know Ash.

Bearing in mind what you said about feeling demotivated to read, you read 8 books this month! Super congrats, C. I really want to read Maas books (I've put her books off for a least a year and a half), but I promised myself I wouldn't buy any more books this year, so unless they have her stuff at the library...

I'm also putting off my own haul post, because thinking of all those books I bought just makes me ( -_- ) I don't even feel excited anymore, just exhausted in ANTICIPATION of reading them.

You're doing great at the reading challenge! AND with four months to spare. =] Oh, by the way, I love the Blogger Love section, what a good idea. I must remember to check out those posts.Okay, Ciao now. <3

It's amazing you read as many books as you did! I can't seem to stop buying and getting books from the library and then getting more and more books from NetGalley and I'm starting to feel like I'm getting behind. Oh well! If my main problem is having too many books to read, I'm living a good life. ~Pam

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